? Or likely the complete opposite in that most people don't have access to the direct science, nor have the ability to translate it into policy, and we rely on

? Or likely the complete opposite in that most people don't have access to the direct science, nor have the ability to translate it into policy, and we rely on institutions and the medical community to set up the basis for behaviours, that COVID is real, it's literally killed 550 000 people of all ages in just 1 year, that anyone can get it, and that it's rational to follow the advice until indicated otherwise. And finally 'we don't really know' the specific nature of transmission and it's rational (and low cost) to be safer than sorry, and to wipe down surfaces.